
Unit 5: Crustal Features & Plate Boundaries Vocabulary
Authored by KENDRA DUNN
Science
8th Grade
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Areas where plates move toward each other and collide, causing uplift.
convergent
divergent
transform
fault
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Areas where plates move away from each other, forming either mid oceanic ridges or rift valleys.
convergent
divergent
transform
fault
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Areas where two plates grind past each other resulting in faults such as the San Andreas. Earthquakes often occur at fault lines.
convergent
divergent
transform
fault
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
A deep depression of the sea floor caused by the subduction of one plate under another.
mountain range on land
trench
transform
fault
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
An area in the middle of a continental plate where the plate is beginning to separate. A large valley will form in the area as the crust thins.
mountain range on land
trench
rift zone
fault
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Underwater mountain ranges where the crust is spreading apart creating new ocean floor.
underwater mountain range
trench
rift zone
(mid) oceanic ridges
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Long, continuous volcanic chain of various mountains along an oceanic ridge.
underwater mountain range
trench
rift zone
oceanic ridges
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